President of Tarayya Ekklesiyoyin Kristi in Nigeria (TEKAN), Rev Emmanuel Dziggau, and two others were kidnapped in Kaduna State on Monday. TEKAN is a fellowship of churches of Christ in Nigeria comprising 15 denominations.
TEKAN General Secretary, Rev. Moses Ebuga, disclosed the abduction yesterday in Jos while briefing journalists. Ebuga appealed to the Federal Government to ensure the release of the kidnapped leaders and fish out the perpetrators.
He said: “The entire TEKAN family received with deep shock and pains the kidnapping of the TEKAN President, Rev Dr. Emmanuel Dziggau who is also the President of Haddiyar Ekklesiya Kristi in Nigeria (United Church of Christ in Nigeria) HEKAN Kaduna and the TEKAN/ECWA Bloc leader in the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Rev. Iliya Anti, HEKAN vice-president and Rev Dzarma (rtd) on 21st March, 2016 in Kaduna State.
“We are calling on the Nigerian government and the security agents to do everything possible to ensure the safety of the leaders, unearth their whereabouts and to have the perpetrators fished out.”
Also, the National President of the Youth Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Evangelist Daniel Ikadgai, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that Christian leaders are protected. He said: “We the Christian youths are sad with the kidnapping of our leaders all the time and we appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the safety of the lives of all Christian leaders.”
